JOURNAL 



OF THK 



NOTE. 



THE present Number of the Journal (No. 42, 

 1891), commencing Volume XII., is the first issued 

 in accordance with the Resolution of Council ll^Y 

 dated May 13, 1891, upon a joint report made 

 by the Hon. Treasurer and Hon. Secretaries 

 suggesting means towards the improvement of 

 the form of the Journal itself, and for expediting 

 its issue. 



It is hoped that by thus bringing together 

 Proceedings of Meetings, Papers read, and dis- 

 cussions thereon, the whole work done during 

 each year may be presented to Members shortly 

 after its close, putting an end to the delay — 

 perhaps unavoidable — which has generally oc- 

 curred under the old system. 



H. C. P. Bell, lY - 

 March, 1892. Hon. Secretary. 



The design of the Society is to institute and promote inquiries into the Historv 

 Religion Literature, Arts, and Social Condition of the present and fcST 7 ' 

 Inhabitants ofthe Island with its Geology, Mineralogy, Ts CI Late and 

 Meteorology, its Botany and Zoology. 



COLOMBO : 



GEORGE J. A. SKEEN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, CEYLON. 



1892. 



